Binding
(Enchantment - Evocation)
Binding
(Enchantment - Evocation)
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Effect: A binding
spell enables the caster to capture a creature from the lower planes.
The subject must already
be confined by some form of restraining diagram.
The duration of the spell
depends upon the form of the binding and the level of the caster(s),
as well as the length of
time the spell is actually uttered.
The components vary according
to the form of the dweomer,
but include:
a continuous chanting utterance
read from the scroll or book page giving the spell;
gestures appropriate to
the form of binding;
and materials such as miniature
chains of special metal
(iron for demonkind,
silver for diabolical creatures, nickel for the minions of Hades, etc.),
soporific herbs of the rarest
sort,
a diamond or corundum gem
of great size (1,000 gp value per hit die of the subject creature),
and a vellum depiction or
carved statuette of the subject to be captured.
A saving throw is not applicable
as long as the experience level(s) of the caster(s) is (are) at least twice
as great as the hit dice of the subject.
In a case where the foregoing
does not hold,
then the subject gains a
saving throw versus spell,
modified by the form of
binding
being attempted and the relative ratio of level(s) of experience of the
caster(s) to the subject's hit dice.
For purposes of determining
this number,
the level of the principal
caster is augumented by one-third of the level of experience of each assistant
magic-user of 9th or higher level,
and an additional level
is gained for each assistant of 4th to 8th level.
No more than six other magic-users
can assist with a binding spell.
The various forms of binding
are these:
Chaining:
The subject is confined by restraints which generate an [antipathy] affecting
all creatures who approach the subject,
except
the caster. <s?>
Duration
is as long as one year per level of the caster(s).
The subject
of this form of binding (as well as slumber
and bound slumber; see below <edit>),
remains within the restraining diagram.
Slumber: Brings a comatose sleep upon the subject for a duration of up to one year per level of the caster(s). <add last note from chaining?>
Bound Slumber: A combination of chaining and slumber which lasts for up to one month per level of the caster(s).
Hedged
Prison: The subject is transported to or otherwise brought within a
confined area from which it may not wander by any means until freed.
The dweomer
remains until the magical hedge is somehow broken.
Metamorphosis:
Causes the subject to change to some noncorporeal form, save for its head
or face.
The binding
is permanent until some prescribed act frees the subject.
The subject
is shrunk to a height of one inch or even less and held within the hedged
prison of some gem or similar object.
The subject
of a minimus containment, metamorphosis,
or hedged prison radiates a very faint
aura of magic.
<repeat notes, ie. last line of minimus containment and chaining?>
The saving throw, if applicable,
is made at the normal level for the chaining form of the spell.
Slumber allows the
subject +1,
bound slumber a +2,
hedged prison a +3,
metamorphosis a +4,
and minimus containment
a +5.
However, if the subject
is initially weakened by magical means such as [dolor] or [torment] spells,
the saving throw is subject
to an adjustment or <typo : 'or' should be 'of'> -1 for the former spell,
-2 for the latter spell,
and -4 for both in successive
combination.
A successful saving throw
enables the subject to burst its bonds and do as it pleases.
A binding spell can
be renewed in the case of the first three forms of the dweomer, for the
subject does not have the opportunity to break the bonds.
After one year the subject
gains a normal saving throw versus spell.
Whenever it is successful,
the binding
spell is broken and the subject creature is free.
(If anything has caused
a weakening of the chaining or slumber, such as attempts
to contact the subject or magically touch it,
a normal saving throw applies
to the renewal of the spell.)
